Contarinia festucae Jones, 1940

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 37

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58317C7D-B108-FF94-9D52-D807E5288596

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scientific name

Contarinia festucae Jones, 1940
status

 

* Contarinia festucae Jones, 1940 View in CoL

Material: TEY, Porsgrunn: Eidsberg, Olavsberget camping, 59.1111814°N 9.7121003°E ± 100m, 16 June 2019, on Lolium arundinaceum , L, leg GoogleMaps . ZF & AK, coll. NHMO; AK, Lillestrøm: Lillestrøm, Åråsen, 59.966010°N 11.064613°E ± 20m, 29 June 2020, on Lolium pratense , L, leg GoogleMaps . TS, BOLD: NHMO-ENT-548052, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The yellow larvae develop, often several together, in the florets of Festuca rubra , Lolium arundinaceum and L. pratense ( Poaceae ). They do not cause visible galling.

Distribution: Known from a few European countries including Norway and Sweden.

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

TS

National University of Shandong

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Contarinia

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